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A man walks onto an MTS bus at the City Heights Transit Plaza, Jan. 12, 2022.

COVID, staffing shortages cause San Diego public transit woes

Some forms of public transit will soon be on a reduced schedule because of the ripple effects of the pandemic.

Jason Manley is helping connect refugees with transport and hotel when they arrive into Poland.

Volunteers in Poland are setting up Ukrainian refugees to survive the coming days

As Ukrainians flee the war at home, a makeshift system of supplies and aid has sprung up in the Przemyśl train station.

Lyft and Uber stickers and a bobblehead figurine are visible in the front window shield of a car, Nov. 5, 2020.

Judge: California Ride-Hailing Law Is Unconstitutional

A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies from a state law requiring their drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections.

The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento on Sept. 12, 2022. Catholic churches are leading the opposition to a ballot measure on abortion rights.

Hope and prayer: California churches battle abortion ballot measure

Religious opponents of abortion, led by the Catholic Church, are mobilizing against Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot.

A passenger getting on the North County Transit District Breeze bus at the Vista Transit Center, Sept. 10, 2021.

NCTD Staffing Shortage Means Canceled Bus Trips, Affecting Riders

A nationwide staffing shortage is not just affecting the private sector, but also public transportation. The problem is especially acute for the North County Transit District.

Encore: Garbage collectors in Kharkiv dodge mortars to pick up the trash

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night — nor even threats of Russian missiles shall keep the garbage haulers of Kharkiv from their appointed rounds. We hit the streets with one crew.

Automation has become a hot-button issue at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The shipping industry is pushing for more automation of the work loading and unloading ships. But dockworkers warn robots will only kill American jobs.

Before the holiday season, workers at America's busiest ports are fighting the robots

As the shipping industry pushes for more automation at West Coast ports, the powerful union representing dockworkers is fighting back, saying robots will only kill good American jobs.

Dani Marietti's "sterilization shower" in Helena, Montana, features cookies with abortion-rights slogans, such as "My Body, My Choice," written on them in frosting.

More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away

Doctors say more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.

A mounted unit tries to disperse a crowd on Friday as police take action to put an end to a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation in Ottawa.

Police arrest more than 100 protesters as they try to break siege at Canadian capital

Police in Ottawa say they have made progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

A chimney stands behind cars as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire

The blaze had grown to more than 80 square miles just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area near the Oregon line.

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